(VEN) - Trade between Vietnam and Latin America is expected to reach US$6 billion in 2015 and US$12-15 billion in 2020, an increase of 30-35 percent per year. The Latin America Market Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade recently sponsored a seminar on potentials and opportunities for trade and investment development between Vietnam and Latin American countries. SEE MORE HCMC – Vietnam expects to achieve total export revenue of US$78 billion next year, or a 10% increase from this year’s estimated figure of US$71 billion, said an official of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. SEE MORE (VEN) - At present, Argentina ranks third among the biggest Vietnam's trade partners in the Latin American region and ranks twenty-fifth among all trading countries. Vietnam has trade deficit with Argentina. In the near future, Vietnam will make more effort to strengthen its representation in Argentina. SEE MORE HCM CITY — Two-way trade turnover between Viet Nam and France is set to reach 1.99 billion euros (US$2.9 billion) by the year-end, says Pham Xuan Yen, Trade Counselor at the Vietnamese embassy in France. SEE MORE South Korea may spend 44 trillion won ($39 billion) building nuclear, gas and coal-fired power plants by 2024 to meet rising energy demand and replace old facilities. SEE MORE